linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] TCP: tcp_hybla: Fix integer overflow in slow start increment

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Date:	Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:16:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	root@...ielinux.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TCP: tcp_hybla: Fix integer overflow in slow start
 increment

From: Daniele Lacamera <root@...ielinux.net>
Date: Wed,  2 Jun 2010 14:02:04 +0200

> From: root <root@...chen.(none)>

Please do not include incomplete authorship tags in your patch postings
like this, I used the more complete one from your email headers.

> For large values of rtt, 2^rho operation may overflow u32. Clamp down the increment to 2^16.
> Signed-off-by: Daniele Lacamera <root@...ielinux.net>

Applied, thanks.
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